i'm jessica dean. the philadelphia police major crimes unit is calling this a theft ring and they are searching for at least two suspects tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in center city with what police want you to do to protect yourself. >> reporter: jessica, we're told by detectives and the police here that the only way you can prevent yourself from becoming a victim is to go inside and get cash out from a human being, teller but if use your atm, cover up that key pad with your other hand. they can be placed, almost anywhere, and they are not much bigger then a quarter. >> it is something that is always, you know, something to worry about. >> reporter: skimmers are getting smaller and people installing them getting more creative and making the device s blend into their surroundings. >> it will be the same color, everything. you will never know the difference. >> reporter: doctor ooland lead from the philadelphia major crimes unit is showing off latest devices recovered from two locations in the city >> you go right to the atm machine, a person not

suspecting, it is part of the rolling equipment. >> reporter: this skimmer installed, employees at this univest bank on rhawn street in the fox chase section of the city confirmed one was installed in the exterior atm. another discovered at a bank on morehead street in willow grove. the suspect may be part of the larger ring, but beside the fox chase and morehead street skimmers, abington police are looking for this man who targeted a citizens bank in their township. >> nowadays you just cannot be afraid, you know, equifax last week and all of the skimming devices and all of stuff like that definitely thinking bit. >> reporter: what can do you to protect yourself. captain lee says contact police and your bank if you noticed an authorized atm withdraws and whenever you are at any atm. >> do a quick sweep, make sure everything is legitimate and when i put my code in. >> cover, cover, and then type in your opinion opinion. >> reporter: even those around you. >> yep, yes, exactly because you never know. >> reporter: beside those skimming devices investigators

also found pin hole cameras directly above atm pin pad pad , smaller then the tip of this pen. they were recording people entering their pin numbers. investigators say in philadelphia alone this year they have found more than 20 skimming devices. that is very latest live from center city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for the head up. hurricane marie ace devastating the caribbean, not only have people lost boats, cars and other material positions but now, power is a luxury this new video shows widespread destruction across puerto rico. down trees, widespread flooding and twisted power lines. the force of the storm knocked out island's entire energy grid. more than 12,000 people are in shelters all across the ireland. meteorologist kate bilo is monitoring maria as the storm moves through area already devastate by irma and harvey this evening. where is the storm heading now >> it is heading for turks and caicos island where hurricane warnings are in effect. it looks like the eye will

stay north of the most of the major island here but will get in on the strong wind, and threat forstrom surge here. you can see that storm lifting to the north and to the west. good news, it is not impacting florida and should stay away from the bohamas, areas that had damage from irma. hurricane maria is still a major hurricane, category three at this moment, just north off the coast of the dominican republic here. winds sustained at 120 miles an hour, it is moving northwest at 9 miles an hour which takes it just north, again, of the turks and caicos and off to the north it goes where it will gradually weaken thanks to jose causing upwelling of the cold water in the north atlantic. once it runs in the cool water it will weaken. we cannot rule out a turn further to the west but most models start to take this storm out to sea next week. we will have those hurricane models and local forecast in just a few minutes, jessica. >> thanks, kate. authorities now say 273 people are feared dead, following the powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake, in

mexico. rescuers, and bucket brigades cleared mountains of debris for a third day in an effort to reach people burr aid live in mexico city. today, authorities said there are no missing children at the glass elementary school, where rescuers were searching for a girl they believed to be trapped, mexican officials say assistance is pouring in from the international community. and in our region they are doing its part to help earthquake victims. >> natasha brown reports an on line effort to raise money for relief efforts is really taking off. >> it is currently at $34 million. >> reporter: said rodriguez is amazed how quickly a go fund me page has grown in support of the devastation caused by catastrophic 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit mexico city. he and other international students from mexico attending college at the university of pennsylvania, set up the fund raising effort that they have dubbed this one is for mexico. they far exceeded their goal of $10,000, in just a day and a half.

>> we're so thankful. >> reporter: no one could be more thankful then diego a mexico city native whose family is still there. >> immediately after i found out about the earthquake, i called them, everybody is fine , thankfully a lot of people who not just their homes but people they loved. >> reporter: diego shared this video from a friend who sent him images of the aftermath with residents still too afraid to return to unstable homes. >> i knew i wanted to help but i feel like i could not do anything here in the u.s., and messages all of these people here at penn. >> multi national students here from mexico are from mexico city. >> reporter: these members of the mexican student association on campus jumped in to action everyone touched in some way by tragedy that has claimed hundreds of lives. everyone overwhelmed by the outpouring of support, that their monetary relief effort has been receiving. >> there are still people donates thousands of dollars, and it was crazy to sianni very heart warming to see how much people care and how much

people make a difference even if they are not there. >> reporter: for these international students, it is just the beginning of their outreach. >> huge potential, in just realizing that people want to help, right. where ever they are, in different places in the world, mexicans and international students just want to help, this cause. >> reporter: there are about 40 members of the mexican student association, at u penn at last check just a short time ago, they raised now 36,000 $600, and students, they all, raised money to go toward the mexican red cross. as there is still a need for medicine and equipment in the earthquake ravaged area that is very latest for now, we're live from the sat certainty, natasha brown, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> natasha, thank you. suspect is in custody for an arm robbery of a main line jewelry store. he made off with hundred thousand dollars worth of watches. joseph taylor was arrested this morning. on august 15th he robbed a bernie robs inn jewelry store on land conn ter avenue pulling a gun on a employee.

>> the male pulled a semiautomatic handgun from his waist band, demanded he open the case. manager complied. the individual took nine rolex watches put them in his pocket inn ran out of the front door. >> a tip led police, to the suspect. there are renewed calls for more ballparks to have protective netting like this after a toddler was hit in the face, with a full ball at last night's yankees game. our joe holden is live at citizens bank park with how phillies are balancing fan safety without compromising the fun of the baseball game, joe. >> reporter: jessica, very delicate balance. phillies expanded their netting at the beginning of this season. they are also using some new materials, so that the screen is actually less distract being. it is that balance that they are trying to strike between the fan experience and safety. pop up foul ball drops behind home plate into a waiting

glove. citizens bank park ace monk a number of baseball stadiums where protected netting was extended to the edge of the dug out. if this same had been true at yankees stadium. >> look out. >> reporter: this unsettling scene would have been avoided. a screaming 106-mile an hour foul ball torpedoed in the crowd and in the face of the toddler. >> i cannot imagine in a million years what would happen to my son. >> reporter: dodgers at the bank for thursday afternoon action with the phillies. and baseball fans have gone back and forth over the protective knelt. dennis and julie kennard of williamstown with their infant son conner says it makes sense >> would i like to see all major league teams extend it from the end of the dug out. >> reporter: nicole says the benefits of the netting out way any visibility complaints. >> you would hope they get netting, for the safety. it is horrible for the families. >> reporter: yankees and twins players paused while staff attended to the young girl, some parents point out while

netting is a positive step it might be wiser to avoid the area. >> too risky, too many things you have to pay attention to when you have a little one. it is hard to do both, for the game and your little guy. >> reporter: we are told that little girl is expect to be okay. as far as the pressure to extend the phillies net, it actually happened last year, after a foul ball flew through off the bat of freddie galvis and hit a little girl here, at citizens bank park right in the face. that is store friday south philadelphia, tonight, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news"y remember that thanks, joe. still ahead on "eyewitness news", brick by brick a champion will be crowned. >> reporter: race against time and competition and delaware valley's best bricklayers go head to head, find out is what happening behind me coming up next. plus delaware county declares war on opioid addiction, how they say they plan to take down the drugs, that are claiming lives,

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delaware county is going to court in the battle against opioid addiction. today in media officials announced county is filing a civil lawsuit begins pharmaceutical co. attorney mongeluzzi says major manufacturers of painkillers created and funded false companies, to in his word hood wink doctors into thinking the drugs were safe. >> they had a battle plan, these manufacturers, and their battle plan was to convince

people that opioids were safe and not addictive when in fact they knew they were deadly and they were addictive. >> earlier this week the pennsylvania attorney general expanded an investigation into companies, behind the marketing and manufacturing of painkillers. j.d. power and associates annual survey finds philadelphia international airport isn't quite making the mark for customer satisfaction , but it is doing better then it did last year. the philadelphia airport scored 715 out of a possible thousand points for terminal appearance, airport accessibility, security, check in and baggage handling. that is an improvement over last years score of 688 but airport still scored near the about on the o list. at the top was orlando international, john wayne airport in orange county, california, and sacramento international airport. an unusual competition took place in delaware county today. >> kyw news radio reporter justin udo shows us the

competitors went at it, brick by brick hoping to earn title of pennsylvania's best bricklayer. >> three, two, one, go. >> reporter: for 45 minutes, seven of the best bricklayers around went head to head in the annual bricklayer 500. >> it is the famous competition we try to build a wall in the certain amount of time to certain specification just like on a job site. >> reporter: during this turbo charged competition they used concrete to stack 3500 bricks in an effort to build the most salable wall. >> it has to be built to specification where you get deductions on your wall. >> reporter: that means for many of these guys the need for speed has to take a back seat to skill, precision but that does not mean they are holding anything else back. >> i have been looking for to this for six months. >> feels good. i love laying broke and i love competing. >> reporter: winner of this competition gets a thousand dollars cash, trip to vegas to compete in the national competition and rights to say they are the best bricklayer

in the delaware valley. >> bragging rights, that is all this is for, bragging rights. money's nice, we get some pry, hopefully but bragging rights for the next year, is what i'm looking forward to. >> reporter: joe masters won the competition which is now in the fourth year after the concrete product and in delaware county. >> it feels good. it was all worth it. all of the hard work was paid off. >> reporter: when joe takes his bricklaying tall opportunities los angeles in january he will face 24 of the top bricklayers from across the country for a chance to win 2018 ford f150. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, good luck. >> those are real bricklayers in the could be confused with the hard off the mark, basketball shot. >> that is real deal. >> real deal, indeed. kate's got our forecast for us, on this earth, wind, fire kay 21st of september. >> that is right you remember. >> do you remember. >> come on now. >> you guys commiserate about that as we move on to the

forecast. it is a fiery kind of day out there as well. it is warm. temperatures got in the upper 80's today. we should be in the mid 70's. even if you like it warm, summery you may miss out on that crisp september weather, we normally get this time of the year, but it will come eventually just not in this seven day forecast. here's a look outside, taking you on tout storm scan three. we are showing you a few high cloud, drifting in, thanks to tropical storm jose, and then again, jose will not go away. jose still is a tropical storm , still sitting, just about stationary, just south, east of cape cod and you can see cloud around that system still impacting our area notice swirl of cloud with jose right now, and there it is, still producing showers again over cape cod, martha's vineyard, nantucket. they are backing to the west, and may get close enough to bring a stray sprinkle to the shore points over next couple of days but more likely just a few cloud along the coast. we are looking at mostly sunny conditions. jose still a tropical storm. winds right now sustained at

50 miles an hour, it is stationary, not really moving at all. you can see over next several days it will not move. it will sit, spin in the circle right through the weekend. here's the good news, though. it is churning up water, bringing cold water to the surface. is there a cool puddle of water here that maria will head into and eventually will weaken and hopefully we will see circulation around jose help to steer maria out to sea we want jose to stick around for a few more days because it is berth than alternative. future weather shows that system sitting, spin go through the end of the week, notice a few more cloud close to the coast, tomorrow, so maybe a few cloud, if you are at the shore further inland where we're mostly sunny, most of the showers will stay away us from and then there we go heading in to saturday with still jose spinning off the coast, not great weather for the southeastern new england beaches but for us, should be far enough away not to impact us adversity too much. still mild. temperatures in the 80's. seventy-four mount pocono. cooler in wildwood with an on shore flow.

but hurricane marie, here's this path, it is just north of the dominican republic, heading to brush the turks and caicos as we head into tonight you can see these models, mostly steering these out to sea. there are a couple that bring it closer to the coast, and it all depend on how much, and we will keep you posted on. that as of right now vast majority of the models saying that is not a huge threat, still cannot rule it out. overnight mainly clear, mild, pleasant at 67 degrees. tomorrow it is warm, sunny, fall begins on a very warm note, fall officially beginning right at about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon. 4:02 p.m. start of autumn tomorrow. you're witness weather seven day forecast doesn't have much fall in it. we're hot. it will get hotter. sunday and monday near 90 degrees and the humidity ramps up as well. we are looking like long range by end of the next week we will see more seasonal fall temperatures but for now enjoy the heat. >> it is here, thanks, kate. >> leslie's up next with sports. >> phillies this close to sweeping one of the best teams

in baseball, this afternoon, and the eagles, will try to match a strength against weak ness on sunday when they go against the giants's o line

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leslie here to update us on the phillies and dodgers which has been a interesting turn off events. >> yes, just a little day ball today. they are going for the sweep against the best team in baseball, l.a. dodgers. to the game, phillies down three to nothing in the third nick williams, with a opposite field home run to left. with that phillies are able to tie it up at two. then in the fifth, we know this guy rhys hoskins continues to do what he does so well, hit down to left center, two runners score, phillies have a four-two lead. dodgers, reason they are one of the best teams in baseball, andre with the solo shot in left. that will tie it up at four.

dodgers will win five-four. eagles continue to prepare for their home opener on sunday against giants, one point of weekness eagles hoping to attack on sunday giants o line. eagles defensive line one of the biggest strengths and giants o line has struggled. they are tied for third in the nfl with eight sack as loud this season. as a result eli manning has not played too well. malcolm jenkins says pressure is why. >> you can see, he got hit by one. so, it is one of the things, you know, any quarterback changes once they have been hit. people been able to get pressure on him a little bit but when we have a clean pocket it is a quarter back and line of scrimmage he knows thousand run, and it is advantageous, box counts and change of play getting into a pass, delivering the ball, on time, and we definitely got to get pressure on him because it is going to affect him. back to the phillies, guys , the fanatic, has a crush this is from the dodgers

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ness. we will show you how fantasy tv became medical reality, just ahead on the "cbs evening news". but first on "eyewitness news" a century old time capsule is unearthed in west philadelphia >> a peak at the 100 year-old at them came out before brand new memories were still left inside, that is up

tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 vittoria woodill is eating her way through middle earn cuisine in norma's. find out how this family owned restaurant kept immigrants prospering in the america introducing traditional lebanese dishes and culture to the south jersey community, it is taste with tori tonight at 11:00. community members in west philadelphia gathered for a trip down memory lane. >> one hundred year-old time capsule was unearthed, and in mercy, philadelphia hospital cornerstone since 1916. it did become damaged over years but history survived in the form of the newspaper head line, metals of the different saints and prayer card. hospital filled out new capsule to celebrate 100 years of service before ceiling it up for the next generation. >> that is great. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on the cw philly and we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news". tonight facebook is giving congress thousands of ads linked to russia for election meddling investigation.

anthony mason is next, we will see you tonight, see y captioning sponsored by cbs . >> mason: congress will like this: facebook is turning over thousands of ads linked to russia for the election meddling investigation. and mark zuckerberg makes a pledge: >> we're going to make political advertising more transparent. >> mason: also tonight, the race to save lives from the floodwaters of puerto rico and the rubble of the mexican earthquake. tests show former football star aaron hernandez, who took his life in prison, had severe brain disease caused by head trauma. and dr. jon lapook rides the "starship enterprise "back in